Securing device for removable pillars



SECURf NG DEVICE FOR REMOVABLE PILLARS.

APPLICATION FILED Ame, 1911.

"1,379,826. I Patented May 31,1921.

' awuamto'c Thomas J. Ke/rae ado/M421 its :IPANY', O'.E TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Toall whom it may concern y Be it' known thatfI, TI-roM 's- J. KnHon, a citizen of the United States,- residing at Toledo,in, the" county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in" Securing "Devices for Removable Y Pillars, of which I declare the followingto 'befa full, clear,'and exact description.

.This invention relates to improvements iniconnecting and securingdevices for re movablepillars. i 1 The principal object of this invention is to provide improved securing devices by means'of'which the removable pillars, used ina convertible touring sedan body,'may be secured at topand bottom to 'the'top and body of the vehicle respectively.

"Further"objects, and objects relating to economies of manufacture and details of construction, will definitely 'appea'r'from the detailed description toffollow. i .I accomplish the objects of my invention bythe devices-andjmeans described in the following specification. My invention is 'clearly defined and pointed out in the appe ded claims.

. Astructure constituting-a preferred embodiment of my invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-#- Figurefl' is a view'in side elevation of a vehicle 'body' embodying my invention.

. II is anenlarged, fragmentary, sectiona1'view,'taken substantially on the line 11-11 ofFig. I.

Fig. 111 is a sewn View, inside eleva- "tion, "showing. the connectionbetween one end of the pillar and-the vehicle.

Fig. .IV is .a' fragmentary, detail," sectional view, taken substantially on the line IV'-IV of; FigQIII, and v V '.Fig. V is a fragmentary, detail, perspec- ;tiv'e"view, showing the plate secured to the end of thepillar.

In the (drawings, similar reference numerals referto similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views' are taken looking in'the' direction of thelittle arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Considering the numbered parts of the drawing, the vehicle is provided with the body 1Q, the permanent 'top- '11, and the removable.pil1ars12, which are secured at their ends-to the top and body respectively,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed-August'S, 1917. Serial No. 185,119.

SECURING DEVICE FOR REMOVABLE PILiLAies.

Patented May 31,-1921.

and serve as guides for'the windows. When it is deslred to'lconvert the vehicle froma closed to an open car, the windows are" dropped lnto pockets in the side of the body,

and thepillars may be removed by-relea'sin'g the devices connecting the pillars to thetop and'body, which devices form the subject matter of my invention." 7 h A Angle plates 13 are secured to the top and the body respectively, in line with the ends of the pillar, and -"have a'fblock "14: secured to the horizontal'portion thereofiand prm vided with threaded socket 15, which is inclined at an angle to the'angle plate; The block 14. is housed in a recess 16 formedin the part to which'the angle {plate is attached.

Notches 17 are cut away from the :angle' plate 18 atthe corners thereof, as shown in Fig. IV. The pillar 12 has securedtoeach end thereof anangleplate '1-8, said angle plate being-provided, inthe horizontal portion thereof, with an inwardly-struck V- shaped groove 20, "through one wall of which an opening 21 is formed. Tongues 19 are struck up from "the corner of jthe angle plate and are adapted to engage "in the notches 17 formed in fthe corner of the Q JI] fTHOMAsPJ. KEHOE, or TOLEDO, OHIO, Assreivon TO THE wrLtYs-ovnatmvn oomangle plate '13. An openin 221 provided in the vertical portion'of theangle plate'18, and a passage 23 isform'edin' the end ofthe pillar at an angle thereto, said passage 'having an enlarged chamber 31 near theend of the pillar. A bolt 24 is "provided with a screwed into the-socket 15, formed the block 14, said bolt'being provided with 'a ing thefface of said angle plate, as shown in Fig. II, and limitingthe inward 'movement of said bolt, 'and'adapted t'o enga-ge the bottom of chamber 31' to limit-the movement of the bolt in theother direction. The bolt is provided with a' squa'red head 28, which is adapted to be'engaged by the 'square d socket 30, provided inthe shank-29 0f an operating wrench, by means of whichthe bolt can be turned.

From-the description-of the parts given above, the operation of my device should be very readily understood. In Fig. "II, the

.pillar 12 is shown lockedinposition'p In order to release and remove-the pillar; the

'ofthe;angle'plate"18,and a'collar 27 engagwrench is applied'with' the squared head28 3-110 v the spirit of the bolt fitting in the socket 30 of the wrench, and the bolt is rotated so as to unscrew the threaded part 25 thereof from the threaded socket 15 in the block 14:. The bolt is unscrewed until the end thereof is withdrawn into the groove 20, and this process is repeated at each end of the pillar. The pillar can then be removed by a straight, lateral movement.

When it is desired to secure the pillar in place, the pillar is moved toposition laterally until the upstanding lugs 19, engage in the notches 17 of the angle plates 13, on top and body respectively, and limit the lateral movement of the pillar and indicate that it is positioned. The bolts 24 are then screwed into the sockets in the blocks 14,

'thus drawing and securingthe pillar in position. o g

I am aware that the particular embodiment of my invention, which I have here shown and described, is susceptible of considerable variation without departing from of my invention I have found, however, that this embodiment is desirable from many standpoints, and, therefore, I desire to claim the same specifically as well as broadly, as indicated by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle body provided with a body portion and a top portion, the combination therewith of a demountable pillar, and means for detachably securing one end of said pillar to one of said portions, comprising a plate carried by said portion and provided with a threaded socket, an angle plate carried by said pillar and provided with an opening through one leg thereof, and a bolt rotatably and slidably mounted in said opening and in an inclined passage .in said pillar and provided with a threaded end adapted to be screwed into said socket and a collar adapted to limit the movement of said bolt in one direction by engagement with said leg, an opening being provided in the other leg of said angle plate through which to insert a tool to rotatev said bolt.

2. In a vehicle body provided with a body portion and a top portion, the combination therewith of a demountable pillar, and means for detachably securing one end of said pillar to one of said portions, comprising a plate carried by said portion and provided with a threaded socket and a recess, a plate carried by said pillar and provided with an upstanding lug adapted to seat in said recess to prevent movement of said pillar outwardly or laterally, said plate be ing provided with an opening, and a bolt located in said opening and in a passage in said pillar and having a threaded end adapted to be screwed into said socket.

3. In a vehicle body provided with a body portion and a top portion, the combination therewith of a demountable pillar, and means for detachably securing one end of said pillar to one of said portions, comprising a plate carried by said portion and provided with a threaded socket and a recess, an angle plate carried by said pillar and provided with an upstanding lug adapted to seat in said recess to prevent movement of said pillar outwardly or laterally,said angle plate being provided with an opening through one .leg thereof, and a bolt mounted to turn in said opening and in an'inclined passage in said pillar and provided with a threaded end adaptedto be screwed into said socket, an opening being provided in the other leg of said angle plate through which access may be had to said bolt to rotate the same. y v

i. In a vehicle body provided with a body portion and a top portion, the combination therewith of a demountable pillar, and means for detachably securing one end of said pillar to one of said portions, comprising a plate carried bysaid portion and provided with an inclined threaded socket and a recess, a plate carried by said pillar and provided with an upstanding lug adapted to seat in said recess to prevent movement of said pillar outwardly or laterally, said plate being provided with an'inclined portion having an opening therethrough, and a bolt rotatably and slid blymounted in said opening and in an inclinedpassage in said pillar and having a threaded end adapted to be screwed into said socket. and a collar adapted to limit the movement of said bolt in one direction by engagement with said inclined portion.

5. In a vehicle body provided with a body portion. and a top portion, the combination therewith of a demountable pillar, and means for detachably securing one end of said pillar to one of said portions-comprising a member carried by said portionand provided with an inclined threaded socket, a plate carried by said pillar and, provided with an inclined portion having an opening therethrough, a bolt rotatably and slidably mounted in said opening and in an inclined passage in said pillar and having a threaded end adapted to be screwed into said socket, said passage having an enlarged portion whereby a shoulder is formed between said enlarged portion and said passage proper, and a collar on said bolt adapted to limit movement of said bolt in opposite directions by engagement with said inclined portion and shoulder respectively.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a vehicle body provided with a threaded socket, a removable pillar, a bolt mounted in one end portion thereof and having a threaded end adapted to engage 38o said threaded socket, and a lug carried by the end of the pillar in Which the bolt is mounted and engaging means on the body when the pillar is in operative position to prevent lateral movement of the pillar relative to the body either outwardly or in a direction parallel to the face of the body.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a vehicle body, a vehicle top, a removable pillar arranged substantially vertical between said body and top, and means to secure said pillar in tensioned position between said body and top including an inclined threaded socket in said body and top, respectively, and a bolt located at either end of said pillar and having threaded ends adapted to engage said sockets to draw said pillar at either end thereof into engagement with said body and top, said bolts being operable from inside the vehicle and when released from said sockets permitting the pillar to be removed by a straight lateral movement thereof relative to the body and top while maintaining the pillar substantially vertical.

In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature.

THOMAS J. KEHOE. 

